Earth Day

You have got to be kidding!

Honestly, did we have to go in this direction? Yes, I do remember one year, not too long ago, where snow fell this late, but that was an anomaly, no? Let's not make a habit of it, please!

Well, what are you going to do...

Here's the other issue: Ed and I are both totally zonked out from the Covid boosters. I've had this reaction before and it lasts a day and it's nothing that rest wont cure, but I look at him sprawled on the couch from my perch (supine position) on the love seat and I think -- man oh man, we are totally past 70!

Earlier, I did go downtown to the market, but it was so cold and I was so, well, wiped, that I cheated and drove the car around to the stalls I needed to visit. (Spinach, mushrooms, daffodils...)

Few people were strolling and I had to feel sorry for the vendors -- light business, cold temperatures.  

I drove over to Madison Sourdough as well, not only for breakfast treats, but, too, for breads and more breakfast stuff that I will freeze for that post surgical moment where I would want to stray from oatmeal and start the day with something sweet.

Breakfast today:

And even though I had a strong cappuccino along with the breakfast sweet treat, I gave up then on any other activity and fell asleep on the loveseat. 

In the afternoon, I have an event to attend. One that, thank goodness, is on Zoom. No outdoor venturing out required! My Polish friends -- those who met with me so regularly in the years of the pandemic -- set this time to celebrate my birthday together. And we do. And it is joyous!

But then the guilt sets in and the day's inactivity weighs heavy on both Ed and me. Too, it is Earth Day and a contemplative walk in the forest will help us get just a little bit closer to the idea that we are not just comfort seeking humans, oblivious to the wonders of the natural world. We are mindful. We try, anyway. And so we do venture out for a walk in our local park and it is good, but very very chilly. I'm done with "chilly." I'm keeping my fingers crossed that after tomorrow (another chilly day!) we will have moved on!

(the prairie, after an early spring burn, is rebounding!)

Back at the house, well, perhaps you're wondering whatever happened to the shower leak that was showing up as a big splotch on the kitchen ceiling. I have an update for you! Ed thought he may have fixed the leak, but today, part of the ceiling crumbled and more water rained down on us. Ask "what now" and Ed will tell you honestly "I'm not quite sure..." 

I'm thinking the ceiling will stay in place throughout. I am definitely the optimist in this household. Cup half full. And really, right now the cup under the ceiling leak is... half full.